Nominate your MOST ANTICIPATED RPG of 2025

As I do every year, I'm taking nominations for the MOST ANTICIPATED RPG poll for the coming year. Here is last year's Top 10 (spoiler: the winner was Shadow of the Weird Wizard. Previous winners include 13th Age (2013), Star Wars Force & Destiny (2015), Rifts for Savage Worlds (2016), Trudvang Chronicles (2017), Vampire: the Masquerade 5th Edition (2018), Savage Worlds Adventure Edition (2019), Dune (2020 & 2021), Twilight 2000 (2021), Blade Runner (2022), Pendragon 6E (2023), and Shadow of the Weird Wizard (2024). What will be the most anticipated RPG of 2025?

We do this at the end of every year, and have done for several years now! Here's how it works:

We start with a nomination stage. That's this thread. You may nominate any standalone tabletop RPG due to be released to the general public in 2025. All nominated games will appear on the final ballot. To nominate a game, simply make a reply in this thread. A few rules:

1. It must be a standalone tabletop RPG, NOT a supplement, setting, adventure, sourcebook, expansion, or accessory. If there is a QuickStart version, or a preview, it’s the full release that counts.
2. It must be due out to the general public in 2025. The important date is the date the general public can purchase the book. That's not Kickstarter fulfillment dates or pre-orders.
3. It must be nominated by at least one person in this thread. Simply post the name of the game and the name of the publisher below to nominate it.
4. You can nominate up to two games. Make them the ones you're most anticipating. It's not a contest to see who can name the most games!
5. Nominations will remain open for two weeks, until December 10th. Voting will take place shortly thereafter.
6. Not your own game or one you’re affiliated with.
7. Include a link. Don't make me Google to try guess what you mean! No linky, no nommy.

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Last year's winner was Shadow of the Weird Wizard (pictured above). You can see last year's top 10 here. Sometimes products make it into the list in more than one year; what can I say? Product schedules slip!

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PREVIOUS WINNERS OF THE ANNUAL EN WORLD MOST ANTICIPATED TABLETOP RPG OF THE YEAR

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#​	2013​	2015​	2016​	2017​	2018​	2019​	2020​	2021​	2022​	2023​	2024​
1​	13th Age​	Star Wars Force & Destiny​	Rifts for Savage Worlds​	Trudvang Chronicles​	Vampire: The Masquerade 5th Edition​	Savage Worlds Adventure Edition​	Dune​	Dune/ Twilight2000 (joint)​	Blade Runner​	King Arthur Pendragon 6th Edition​	Shadow of the Weird Wizard​
2​	Numenera​	Deluxe Exalted 3rd Edition​	Mutant Crawl Classics​	Tales from the Loop​	Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay Fourth Edition​	Pathfinder 2nd Edition​	Vaesen - Nordic Horror Roleplaying​	-​	Broken Tales​	Dragonbane/Darkar och Demoner​	The Electric State​
3​	Star Wars Edge of the Empire​	Unified Rolemaster​	7th Sea 2nd Edition​	Kult: Divinity Lost​	Kult: Divinity Lost​	Lex Arcana​	Cyberpunk Red​	The One Ring (2nd Edition)​	Pendragon 6E​	13th Age 2nd Edition​	13th Age 2nd Edition​
4​	Shadowrun 5th Edition​	Conan Adventures In An Age Undreamed Of​	Conan Adventures In An Age Undreamed Of​	Star Trek Adventures​	Forbidden Lands: Retro Open-World Survival Fantasy RPG​	The Expanse​	Fallout​	King Arthur Pendragon 6th Edition​	Avatar Legends​	Household​	Pendragon 6E​
5​	Call of Cthulhu 7th Edition​	Deluxe Tunnels & Trolls​	DCC Lankhmar​	Conan: Adventures in an Age Undreamed Of​	RuneQuest: Role-playing in Glorantha​	Eclipse Phase 2nd Edition​	Warhammer: Age of Sigmar: Soulbound​	Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition (A5E)​	Mothership 1E​	Mothership 1E​	Dolmenwood​
6​	Firefly​	Barbarians of Lemuria: Mythic Edition​	RuneQuest 4​	Starfinder​	The Witcher Roleplaying Game​	Dune RPG​	Swords of the Serpentine​	Rivers of London​	Rivers of London​	Shadow of the Weird Wizard​	Cohors Cthulhu​
7​	Fate Core​	Feng Shui 2​	Torg: Eternity​	The Witcher Roleplaying Game​	Warhammer 40,000 Wrath & Glory​	John Carter of Mars​	Rivers of London​	Pathfinder for Savage Worlds​	Shadow of the Weird Wizard​	The Walking Dead Universe​	Daggerheart​
8​	Hillfolk​	Fantasy AGE​	Blue Rose AGE​	Coriolis​	The Expanse​	Changeling: The Lost 2nd Edition​	Stargate​	Brancalonia - The Spaghetti Fantasy RPG​	Cy-Borg​	Warhammer 40K Imperium Maledictum​	Monty Python's Cocurricular Mediaeval Reenactment Programme​
9​	Torchbearer​	Paranoia​	Paranoia​	Delta Green Roleplaying Game​	Legend of the Five Rings 5th Edition​	Things from the Flood​	Fading Suns 4E​	Werewolf: The Apocalypse 5th Edition​	Swords of the Serpentine​	Old Gods of Appalachia​	Mothership 1E​
10​	-​	Shadows of the Demon Lord​	Delta Green​	Astonishing Swordsmen & Sorcerers of Hyperborea 2E​	Numenera 2: Discovery & Destiny​	Judge Dredd & The Worlds of 2000 AD​	Cortex Prime​	SLA Industries, 2nd Edition​	Werewolf: The Apocalypse 5e​	Monty Python's Cocurricular Mediaeval Reenactment Programme​	Tales of the Valiant​

 

[Morrus]

New Ones:
1) Hollows - Hollows - Rowan, Rook and Decard
2) Broken Empires - The Broken Empires RPG Kickstarter! — Me, Myself & Die!

Others:
Monolith Conan: The Hyborian Age
Mythic Bastionland

Reprints/New Editions
1) Miru III: MIRU III: An Analog Defense Game (Preorder) -
2) Cairn 2E Box set: Second Edition
3) Gubat Banwa Box set: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/863660422/gubat-banwa
4) Salvage Union Starter Box set: Salvage Union Starter Set

That's six. Pick two.

 

[Morrus]

1. Outgunned Adventure by 2 Little Mice

Is this a new standalone game? Looking at that page it looks like it's a reprint of an existing game plus an adventure book.

 

[mamba]

Born from Ice by Small Cog Creative.

you really followed the advice of the post just above yours

Double post with the same game and no links, but hey, it was nominated already anyway...

 

[mamba]

That says it's a setting and AP for 5E, not a standalone game.

it's to 5e as A5e is to 5e, own classes, monsters, etc.

"Carve your niche in the prehistoric world with six meticulously crafted classes"
"At 3rd level, each class chooses a Totem Path, offering unique abilities and gameplay twists. Unlike the standard subclass structure in 5e", with 15+ subclasses available

 

[Morrus]

it's to 5e as A5e is to 5e, own classes, monsters, etc.

Is it a standalone game, or do you need another game in order to play it?

 

[Vicente]

The Stormlight Archive RPG, is planned for 2025 after it fulfills to backers:

Pre-order Brandon Sanderson's Cosmere® RPG on BackerKit

Beginning with The Stormlight Archive and expanding to Mistborn, this original tabletop RPG will grow to support the entire Cosmere!

the-stormlight-archive-rpg.backerkit.com

The Cosmere TTRPG — Brotherwise Games

The Cosmere® Roleplaying Game is a new system that encompasses the entire universe of Brandon Sanderson's best-selling novels.

www.brotherwisegames.com

 

[schneeland]

Is this a new standalone game? Looking at that page it looks like it's a reprint of an existing game plus an adventure book.

It's a bit of a hybrid thing. One the one hand, it can be used as a set of rules to adapt your Outgunned game to the classical pulp genre. But on the other hand, it also works as a stand-alone game (that's also how I plan to use it), and it does not require the Outgunned core rules.

Related quote from the Backerkit campaign page (highlight is mine):

Outgunned Adventure is a Pulp Adventure game inspired by the classics of the genre, from the immortal Indiana Jones, to The Mummy (1999). In Outgunned Adventure, the Players take on the role of brave Adventurers in search for an invaluable treasure.

Outgunned Adventure is the first Genre Book in the Outgunned Line, and you can play it either standalone or as an expansion for Outgunned.

 

[Loren the GM]

That says it's a setting and AP for 5E, not a standalone game.

It has a full modified set of 5e play rules in the Core Book, and should be playable entirely stand alone. The setting is just one portion of what is included.

 

[HaroldTheHobbit]

I know the rules, just want to say that the only thing I’m waiting for is proper Foundryfication of Savage Worlds Sci Fi Comp, Traveller and Call of Cthulhu. At least one of them should make it during 2025.

As to new systems, nah, I’m good for at least 5 years. Unless Warhammer FRP 5e releases with a playable system.

 

[mamba]

Is it a standalone game, or do you need another game in order to play it?

I don't have it, can only tell you what the site says. I consider it standalone based on the description. Doesn't sound like you need anything else, i.e. comes with its own rules and monsters, not just classes.